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Bad Coil

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Posted by: jolinc01

Did my 1st repair job on the LS today. Took me around 3 hours with a buddy to replace the spark plugs and coil #7. Everything went perfect until I torqued down the last bolt on the valve cover. Must have been weak b/c the head snapped right off. So now I have to figure out how to fix it, beside tapping it. Any ideas?

Posted by: beaups

you could try one of those reverse thread stud/screw extractors sears sells. they work pretty good. Are you talking about the actual valve cover bolts or or just the little (7mm IIRC) bolts on the coil covers?

Posted by: jolinc01

yeah the 7mm on the coil cover

Posted by: mholhut

Why bother replacing it? Just leave it, the other bolts should hold the COP cover just fine. I've lost several after my numerous coil changes and I purposly left off the lower one's towards the firewall which are always a PITA to get to. You should be fine without it... just make sure the gasket is in good shape.

Posted by: dooneybaby

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=150046602175

Posted by: mholhut

Gee, you're selling COP cover bolts too?

Can't get enough of that bad COP pimpin'!